The Parable of the Sower
February 24, 2019 | Mike Stancak
Passage: Matthew 13:1-9
Just as it was in Jesus’ day, in our cultural moment people respond to Jesus and the message of the Kingdom in many different ways. The Gospel often seems implausible and gets rejected without a second thought. At other times Jesus is rejected because he was misunderstood as a means of becoming our best self or as a way to live our best life now. Still at other times apprenticeship to Jesus competes with our desires for comfort, status, and pleasure. These are pressures that exist within and without the people of the Church. But this Sunday we will hear Jesus call us to become the good soil, and if we follow in his way, we are assured that the result will be life. See you Sunday!
Series Information
Matthew 12:22 - 20
In the next installment in our Matthew series as we see conflict heating up around Jesus. As his ministry continues, it becomes clear that the values of the Kingdom clash with the arrogance, pride, and apathy of his day, and people start to polarize around him. I'm sure the same will be true of us. At every step we'll find that Jesus' grace is sufficient for the journey, as we learn the way of the Upside-Down Kingdom.